Bacharacher Werth
| Bacharacher Werth | ||
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| Waters | Rhine | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 3 '58 " N , 7 ° 46' 20" E | |
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| length | 800 m | |
| width | 150 m | |
| surface | 8.4 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Bacharacher Werth (other names Heyles'en Werth or Heilissenwerth , also the Werth or the Werth) is a now uninhabited Rhine island in the valley of the Middle Rhine , which is only a few hundred meters north of Bacharach . The Merian engraving from 1645 and a postcard from 1910 from the picture collection of the Bacharach History Association show a residential building that looks like a stately villa. The island was inhabited by the Bastian family until 1937. The villa was then abandoned and fell into disrepair. In the summer of 1975 the villa, which can still be entered, as well as part of the alluvial forest and the panorama of the island served as a location for a key scene in the film “ In the course of time ” by filmmaker Wim Wenders . Today there is only a shed of the former buildings on the island.
In 1593, Hans Heylesen was confirmed as the first owner in a document from Count Palatine Friedrich IV . The island has been owned by the Friedrich Bastian winery as an exclusive vineyard since 1797 . The Huguenot family immigrated to the Four Valley area around Bacharach in 1635. For more than 150 years until 1970 the island was used for agriculture, but not for viticulture.
The island is about 800 meters long and up to 150 meters wide and flat. At its core it is made up of Hunsrück slate. It is overgrown with trees and bushes on the banks. In the northern third there is a riparian forest. The greater part of the island is planted with vines. The arm of the Rhine that separates the Bacharacher Werth from the left bank is called the Hahnen . There are several shoals in it , for example the thieves . To the north of the island lies the wild danger , a former rapids of the Rhine. When removing the Rhine one from the north end of was Bacharacher Werth's outgoing parallel structure built.
Individual evidence
- ^ Postcard from 1910
- ↑ Description from 2008
- ↑ In: In the course of time - audio commentary by Wim Wenders , Arthaus / Zweausendeins Edition , 1/1976; Photos from 1975 ( stills ): Panorama , Villa , Rhine kilometer 544
- ↑ Middle Rhine wine guide
- ^ Wilhelm Meyer , Johannes Stets : Das Rheintal between Bingen and Bonn. (= Collection of geological guides , volume 89) Borntraeger, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-443-15069-1 , p. 242.
See also
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Riparian forest at the north end of the island
View from the northwest
Historical illustration from 1645 with residential buildings on the island
